Animal pictures of the week: 8 April 2016

There were chaotic scenes in Stratford-upon-Avon as the BBC filmed a piece for the hugely popular Countryfile programme. The presenter Adam Henson was attempting to heard flock of his Cotswold sheep along 'Sheep Street' but a huge crowd gathered around making it hard to control the sheep who kept making a dash for freedom. Eventually the team got the sheep down onto the grass at the end of the street, next to the famous RSC theatre, where they had a pen erected to contain them. The sheep suddenly charged off out of control and almost into the river Avon with Adam legging it after them with his sheepdog. The sheep were eventually brought under control with Adam and various helpful bystanders herding them into the pen after twenty minutes of mayhem. One particularly keen sheep was the last to be caught as Adam grabbed it by the ear and dragged it into the pen.